Bangladesh youngster Saif Hassan, who suffered an injury during the first Test while fielding as a substitute, has been ruled out of the Kolkata Test starting from November 22.

Khulna Division became champions of the National Cricket League for the record seventh time when they registered a nine-wicket victory against Dhaka Division in the sixth and final round at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna today.

The Bangladesh cricket team depart for Kolkata from Indore today after their flight was delayed by two and a half hours. Before departure, pacer Al Amin Hossain talked to reporters at the team hotel and said that the pink ball challenge would more difficult for the bowlers than the batsmen despite the swing and movement since the bowlers in the Bangladesh lineup will have more responsibility.

National discard Shahadat Hossain receives a five-year ban with two years of those suspended after assaulting his Dhaka Division teammate Arafat Sunny Junior yesterday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the sentence today, which also includes a fine of Taka 3 lacs.

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was the only player in the A-plus category not to be picked during the first four rounds of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League draft

Head coach Russell Domingo had said during a press conference on Friday that he was prepared to risk struggling for a period of time with new faces in the squad in order to reform and reinvent Bangladesh’s Test squad.

“I don’t think there was any lack in preparation. If you look at the eight players that arrived for the Test series, all of them played four-day matches before coming. I didn’t think there would be a problem. I thought they would be able to adjust well.”

India register their sixth consecutive Test win in an emphatic way when they beat Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs during their first of the two Tests at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore today. India lead the series 1-0.

Bangladesh took to the field in the morning session on Day Two hoping to find means to thwart the India batting line-up from getting a big score after starting the day with an overnight score of 86 for one.

India manage to score 493 runs for six wickets before stumps on the second day of the first of the two Tests against Bangladesh at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore today.

A cool breeze blowing across the ground in the morning comforted the players in otherwise hot and sunny conditions as Bangladesh elected to bat in the first Test against India at the Holkar Stadium in Indore yesterday. There was however no respite from the heat generated by a rampant Indian pace trio for the Bangladesh batsmen.

On the contrary to India’s reputation of being the toughest place on earth for a tour in modern cricket, it was the hosts who were uncharacteristically generous in offering Bangladesh batsmen repeat opportunities to stay on the wicket.

India end the day trailing by 64 runs after getting to 86 for one at the end of the opening day.

Mominul Haque, one of Bangladesh’s best performers in the Test circuit, will become Bangladesh’s newest Test captain as the Indore Test against India rolls out the carpet for the start of the Tigers’ Test Championship campaign today.

India skipper Virat Kohli says that handling Bangladesh’s ace left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman may get a bit tricky as India do not often play against left armers in the longest format of the game.

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque says the absence of banned all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will be like missing two players, as the team prepare for their two-Test series in India.

Pacer Rubel Hossain registered his career-best bowling figures of seven for 51 to help Khulna Division bundle out Rajshahi Division for just 151 on the third day of the fifth-round National Cricket League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Tier-1 leaders Khulna ended the day with a three-run lead and with six wickets in hand.

Bangladesh will have little time to reflect on the just-concluded T20I series, where they put up a fight but eventually lost 2-1.

Mohammad Naim welcomed India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal by lifting a shot over the bowler’s head, then smashed two more boundaries in successive deliveries through long on and behind point.

Although Bangladesh lost their third of the three T20Is against India by 30 runs in Nagpur yesterday, Bangladesh opener Mohammad Naim put in a magnificent performance that had kept Bangladesh alive in the game even after the loss of two early wickets. Naim, who saw his stumps uprooted by a brilliant yorker from Shivam Dube in the 16th over after a magnificent 48-ball 81, talks to the reporters about his performance and more at the team hotel in Indore today.